History WesternAnimation / SmilingFriends

** "Desmond's Big Day Out". Charlie and Pim eventually manage to snap Desmond out of his suicidal funk and give him a new purpose in life and Alan got his cheese back, but Pim has been [[BreakTheCutie broken]] by Desmond's nihilism and is now in a depressive funk himself. Additionally, while Desmond gaining the will to live again is undeniably a good thing, there's still the disturbing matter of how he could only fine happiness by acting out sadistic tendencies.

* ButThouMust: The option to add Smormu as one of the characters was seen as an option at the beginning of the episode only for it to reveal later that the "votes" were really just displayed on the same episode and Smormu would be one of the characters regardless.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Neither Charlie nor Pim is exactly wrong during their argument at the start of "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back". Charlie's general cynicism and laziness does bring down the mood that Pim attempts to establish quite often and can be exhausting to deal with, but Pim's constant attempts to be positive and optimistic can be similarly grating and occasionally self-centered in how they don't always take what everyone is going through into account.

** Insane Groundbreaking Games' CEO having no interest in making a new Gwimbly game, but considering making him a skin in Troglor's game is a jab at video game publishers who insist on holding on to dormant IP's despite having no interest in doing anything with them beyond [[TheCameo cameos]].
** On a similar note, Gwimbly has put ''himself'' on the Cameo service, half-heartedly giving fans birthday wishes for minor income, and the show makes it look like a miserable experience.

** In "[[Recap/SmilingFriendsS2E1GwimblyDREEEDX4KADC Gwimbly: DREEEDX4K (ADC)", the titular sensation character records a birthday message for "James from Idaho". If this [[OneSteveLimit is the same]] James in the episode (and he isn't from out of town), it places the setting in the northwest instead. If not, Gwimbly's wording doesn't acknowledge whether he's recording for someone out of state or not.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The Smiling Friends' city is never named. "Charlie Dies" displays a globe which shows that it lies somewhere in the northeastern United States, but the simple art style makes it hard to tell exactly where.

The official trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_Ii6IxCJI HERE]].

* BadassLongcoat: Parodied in "Shrimp Quest." Charlie tries to make Shrimp looker cooler by getting him one. Instead, it makes him look creepy.

** In "Shrimp Quest", a fake poll for a new character named "Smormu" appears at the very beginning. At the end, [[spoiler:Smormu appears and it's announced he won the poll.]] Of course, [[spoiler:he immediately dies, so it doesn't matter.]]

** Played with. Charlie and Allan are contently sharing a laugh together until [[spoiler:the alien bursts from the TV screen to thank the audience for watching, much to their horror.]]
** Happens again at the end of "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?" Where Pim and Charlie are left laughing uncomfortably [[spoiler:having let very unstable fast food mascots loose in the streets after they'd been acquitted of murder charges.]]
* {{Expy}}: The green creature who [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext takes a bite out of Shrimp's head after he gets a tan]] seems to be a LawyerFriendlyCameo of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], right down to mimicking Homer's physical mannerisms and {{Catchphrase}}: "Mmmm...cooked shrimp."

** Gwimbly from "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", is a parody of 90's platformer protagonists like [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo]] and [[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly Cooper]], showing up as a pixellated 3D sprite.

* IncrediblyLameFun: Pops up so often that it borders on being a RunningGag, such as the dancing alien show from the ''Desmonds Big Day Out'', the Mr. Frog show (which consists of the titular star running onto screen, giving an explanation of the show, and the actions he preforms, which consists of him eating a bug, then telling the viewer he loves them before the show ends) and Glep spitting, from ''Mr. Frog'', and Jeremy, a demon who "entertains" Charlie by rapidly flailing his hands in his face while making rapid, high-pitched babbling sounds.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Zig-zagged. Some characters have vibrant colors and cartoony physiology, while the ostensibly human characters possess more realistic skin tones.

** When the titular Gwimbly from "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)" fulfills a Cameo request, Gwimbly goes from a low poly 3D sprite to photo realistic CG, as does the background behind him.

* CheatedAngle: Allan and Glep always have their noses parallel to the viewer, leaving only one eye visible. Charlie often has both eyes visible, but his nose can block one from the right angle.

* ClusterBleepBomb: When Mr. Frog goes onto ''The Tonight Show'' with Jimmy Fallon to explain his recent misconduct, he says something so offensive (and presumably racist) it's covered by one long bleep that lasts several seconds; we never get any context as to who it was pointed at, but seeing even ''[[UnfazedEveryman Charlie]]'' was left in gawking, silent shock, it was definitely pretty awful.

* FormerChildStar: Gwimbly from "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)" is this in all but name. Gwimbly was the star of a popular VideoGame/BanjoKazooie like 3D platformer in the 90's, but when industry trends changed, his franchise was discontinued and he became a homeless alcoholic.

* LactatingMale: Mr. Boss lactates and breastfeeds his son in one scene.